Chapter 288 Concubine Chun swears; the cloth becomes the clue
Chapter 288 Concubine Chun swears; the cloth becomes the clue
Li Yu: "Your Majesty, do you want to go and take a look?"
Hongli said with a gloomy face: "Go to Xianfu Palace, I want to see who has the courage to harm my child."
Ruyi brought Jiang Yebin over. After examining Gao Xiyue's pulse, Imperial Physician Jiang reported, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui's pulse is weak and the fetus is in an abnormal position. I'm afraid the birth will be difficult."
"Plus, her pulse is somewhat like poisoning, but it is very mild and can be ignored."
Ruyi asked, "Didn't I tell you to be careful? How do you usually serve me?"
Everyone knelt down in unison: "Your Majesty, please calm down. It's our fault that we weren't careful enough!"
"Come on, everyone, get up. After I have thoroughly investigated this matter, you will accept your punishment."
"Sanbao, go and identify the palace maid who is colluding with Shuangxi."
Upon hearing this, Sanbao stepped forward and pointed at a little palace maid behind Concubine Chun.
"Bitao?" Concubine Chun looked at her in confusion.
But Bi Tao didn't care. She stood up and said, "It was done by this servant, but it was ordered by Concubine Chun!"
Concubine Chun, holding the handkerchief in her hand, trembled as she pointed at her nose. "You're talking nonsense! When did I ever ask you to harm anyone?"
"You asked me to put the cloth doll in Xianfu Palace. You said Concubine Hui already has an eldest prince, and you were afraid she would give birth to another prince."
Concubine Chun was so angry that she was speechless and didn't know how to refute. She immediately knelt down and raised three fingers: "I swear, if I have the intention to harm others, I will not die a good death!"
"What oath did you take, my servant? Who can say for sure about matters of life and death?"
Ruyi looked at Bitao's neither humble nor arrogant attitude, and she didn't quite believe that Concubine Chun wanted to harm Gao Xiyue.
Is there anyone who wants to use Concubine Chun as a scapegoat?
For a moment, Ruyi was a little undecided.
"Lujun, I know your temper, but since you can't prove your innocence now, I have no choice but to handle this impartially."
"I haven't done it, I'm not afraid of your investigation."
Li Yu: "The Emperor has arrived."
Everyone stood up and saluted.
Hongli sat down and said sternly, "I'm here to see who has the guts to harm the prince!"
Ruyi: "I am also checking. Fortunately, Xiyue is fine now."
Hongli turned his gaze to Concubine Chun: "What's going on?"
Concubine Chun: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged."
"Unjust? I've never heard of anyone accusing you of something you didn't do."
Concubine Chun suddenly lost all her strength and collapsed on the ground. Now even the emperor believed that she would be Concubine Hui.
Ruyi: "Your Majesty, the truth has not been fully revealed yet. Perhaps Concubine Chun was also framed."
After hearing Ruyi's words, Hongli felt less upset.
"Okay, Queen, you can continue investigating this matter. I will be waiting here today."
Rong Pei had just felt that something was wrong with the cloth doll. She carefully examined it and found that it was the fabric used for the cloth doll.
She stepped forward and handed the cloth doll to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Empress has discovered something."
"The cloth used by this tailor is from the Jiangnan area. I remember a while ago that Jiangnan offered a piece of cloth to us. It's in the Imperial Household Department. I thought I'd check the records to see which palace received it."
Ruyi nodded: "Well, go check it out."
Although we don't know who made the cloth doll, we can identify several suspects through this investigation.
The palaces that received this batch of fabrics were Zhongcui Palace, Yanxi Palace and Qixiang Palace.
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